Fire danger is everywhere, especially the compartment fire. So fire safety is a critical consideration for indoor ceiling systems, regardless of their complexity. Neither the most basic ceiling designs must incorporate fire-resistant material, nor do the ceiling lights also need to choose anti-fire material, both them necessary features to prevent the rapid spread of flames and smoke, ensuring the overall fire rating of the structure is not compromised.
Reasons for fire-rated Lights famous
In nowadays market, LED fire-rated downlights are popular and favored by most clients, it is a type of recessed lighting fixture that is designed to maintain fire safety and compliance within a building’s construction.
How are LED fire-rated downlight gaps created on the ceiling?
Before installing the ceiling lights, the ceiling of the inside building should built with non-combustible materials to prevent fire danger.
Fire-rated downlight fixtures are made of combustible materials, such as plastic or certain metal alloys. These materials can ignite and contribute to the spread of fire when exposed to high temperatures.
Regular downlights require a cut-out or opening in the ceiling to accommodate the fixture, and these openings create discontinuities in the fire-rated ceiling surface where around the downlight fixture, between the ceiling opening and the fixture housing, can allow air, smoke, and heat to pass through during a fire event.
What is the benefit of fire-rated downlights?
Generally, fire-rated downlights are highly advised for increased safety measures in homes for they can slow down the spread of fire, giving more chances for people to get to a safe place. Besides that, fire-rated downlights are energy-saving, high efficiency, long lifespan, as well as cost savings.
Is there something that needs to be attention for Fire Rated Downlight?
Thermal insulation as a potential fire hazard can be created if you put it above the fire-rated downlights. But there are such things as loft cups or insulation boxes, and the EvoFire range of fire-rated downlights from Integral LED together with the EFD pro downlights from UPSHINELighting allow the use of insulation above them.
What are the Fire ratings of the Fire Downlight?
LED fire-rated downlights are classified by different fire ratings, such as rated for 30, 60, 90, and 120-minute ceiling types.
Here's a clearer way to present the information about fire-rated ceilings.
This table format allows for easier comparison of the fire resistance ratings achieved with different construction methods.
Tips: The difference between Fire -Rated and F-Mark
You might see some downlights with an F-mark and wonder if that means they're fire-rated. Here's the key difference:
The f-mark symbol indicates the light fitting can be safely mounted on flammable surfaces like wood, but it has nothing to do with fire resistance.
F-rated refers to a downlight's ability to contain a fire for a specific time. Fire-rated downlights are crucial for maintaining fire compartment integrity and delaying fire spread.
In short, having an F-Mark doesn't guarantee a fire rating. Always check for a specific fire resistance time when choosing downlights for areas with fire safety requirements.
What Fire-rated downlight can you find in UPSHINE?
In recent years, UPSHINE put forward many good heat dissipation performance LED fire-rated downlights. Such like DL333, DL354, DL294, DL302, and CL145. All of them adopt fireproof brackets and aluminum heat dissipation performance, with a high-lumen SMD light source and optic lens with uniform light output. And designed for general lighting applications in offices, supermarkets, shops, schools, hotels, etc. They are also widely used for public areas, such as stairways, lobbies, reception, and corridors.
